Air-hose support



S.4 A. ASQUITH.

AIR HOSE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION HLEDI FEB. 1o, |920.

1,374,803. V V- Patented Apr. 12,1921.

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STEAD A. .ASQUITI-I, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

.AIR-HOSE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1e, 1921.

Application filed February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,669.

T o all whom. t may concern.'

Be it lniown that I, S'rnnn A. llisoUiTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at WVaterloo, in the county of Blackhawk and duction ofa support which will normally hold the air hose directly over the centerof the automobile thus keeping it off the ground and will at the sametime allow easy access for applying the hose to either side of the car.

Another object of the invention is to provide a support which willnormally be in a position so as to hold the hose in an inoperativeposition.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby thesupport will only operate so as to allow the use or the hose when a coinis inserted into a coin receiving mechanism provided in the support.

lVith these and other objects in View, this invention consists ofcertain novel arrangements, constructions and combinations of parts, aswill be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a. side elevation of thepreferred form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section taken through the upper portionof the post showing the locking mechanism for the lever.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section taken through the lower portionof the post showing the coin receiving mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a section taken at right angles to the View shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section taken through the end of the hose supporting lever,and

Fig. 6 is a slightly modified view of my invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, it will be seen that1 designates a hollow post which is vertically situated upon the groundand will be usually situated along the curb or side of the road adjacent the garage. This post 1 has situated at its top a collar 2 whichhas extended vertically therefrom the standards 3 which arediametrically opposed and parallel to each other. A lever 5 which isalso hollow is pivotally mounted between the standards 3 by means of thebolt and nut 4. The leverv 5 is provided with the handle 6 which has atits extremity the weight or ball 7 which will normally hold the lever inthe position shown in Fig. 1. At the other extremity of the lever 5there is provided the hook portion 8 which is provided with a slot 9 fora purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

A hose 10 having a tire attachment 11 extends to a compressed air tankand passes` a short distance from the post l and then extends into thelever 5 around'the hook portion 8. When it is desired to use the hose itwill be seen that the lever 5 will take the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1 so that the hook 8 will be positioned over the center ofthe automobile and the hose attaching means 11 may be used to attach thehose to the tire for inserting air therein.

Adjacent the fulcrum of the lever 5 is situated the arcuate guide plate12 which has a notch therein for receiving the latch let which ispivoted at 14 and attached to the bar 15. The latch 13 when inserted inthe notch in the plate 12 will normally hold the lactuated so as to pulldownwardly upon the bar 15 thereby releasing the latch 14 which willallow the lever 5 to take the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 is of practically the same constructionas the preferred embodiment of my invention just described. Thismodication consists of a device which may be attached to the side of awall when so desired or on front of a garage so as to extend outwardly,21 being directly over curb. It consists of the pipe 2O which extends atright angles to the wall 22 and has the upwardly extending portion 21connected thereto by means of an l.. The rest of the construction is thesame as the con struction described in myl preferred modification withthe exception that the coin mechanism is eliminated.

The above description relates to what 1 might call the preferredembodiment of my invention and I wish it understood that I may make suchchanges in arrangements, combinations and constructions of parts as mayfall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination with an air hose of a support consisting of a verticalhollow post, a Collar situated upon the top end of said post,standards.diametrcally opposed and vertically extending from saidcollar, a lever pivotally mounted between said standards, said leverprovided with a handle having a Weight at its extremity for normallyholding the same in a substantially vertical position, the other end ofsaid lever provided with a hook shaped portion having a slot therein,said hose adapted to extend through said lever.

2. In combination with an air hose of a support consisting of a verticalhollow post, a collar situated upon the top end of said post, standardsvertically extending from and dialnetrically disposed upon said collar,a hollow lever pivotally mounted between said standards, said leverprovided with a handle having a weight at its extremity for normallyholding same in a vertical position, the other end of said lever beingprovided with a hooked portion having a slot therein, an arcuate platesituated adjacent the ulorum point of said lever and means provided forengaging said arcuate plate for holding said lever in a substantiallyvertical position.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEAD A. ASQUITH. itnesses DOROTHY BELLINGHAM, M. A. BELLINGHAM.

